The Library Write Something Every Day ~ New Book 5 Oct 202215 Oct 2022 We are excited to announce the release of our first book — Write Something Every Day: 366 Pencil Sharpeners for Students of Writing. One of the best pieces of advice…
Site Updates Step-by-Step Guide to Homeschooling ~ Updated 4 Aug 20222 Nov 2022 Our Step-by-Step Guide was the first thing we published back in 2001 when we started our original site. The guide has been frequently updated, but the principles really haven't changed.…
Tools Things to Do: August 2022 28 Jul 202219 Jul 2022 We have updated our August learning calendar for 2022. In August, we are typically wrapping up summer and looking ahead to a more routine existence! To that end, you'll find…
The Library A Biblical Home Education by Ruth Beechick ~ Review 7 Oct 202114 Jul 2022 A Biblical Home Education by Dr. Ruth Beechick has been a favorite of ours for years. Subtitled Building Your Homeschool on the Foundation of God’s Word, A Biblical Home Education…
Tools Things to Do: August 2021 29 Jul 202128 Jun 2022 We have updated our August learning calendar for 2021. In August, we are typically wrapping up summer and looking ahead to a more routine existence! To that end, you'll find…
How-To 7 Scopes & Sequences and Tips for Using Them 3 May 202114 Jul 2022 We can’t get where we’re going if we don’t know where that is. When we pull together our own studies and/or are studying subjects in an atypical order it is…
How-To What Type of Learner Do You Have 16 Sep 202030 Aug 2022 People learn things in different ways. Some learn by watching demonstrations. Some learn better with diagrams and charts. Still others learn best by getting in there and doing something. By…
The Finds Editable Graphic Organizer Templates ~ Free 12 Aug 20206 Jul 2022 One common tool in a tutor's toolbox is the graphic organizer. What better way to help a student organize his thoughts or develop the big picture? And what would be…
Site Updates Step-by-Step Guide to Homeschooling {Updated} 24 Jun 20182 Nov 2022 Our Step-by-Step Guide was the first thing we published back in 2001 when we started our original site. The guide has been frequently updated, but the principles really haven't changed.…
Tools 3 Simple Summer Tips for Home Tutors 14 Jun 201828 Jun 2022 Even if you educate all year long, you may want to keep about one month free over the summer to evaluate what worked, what didn't work, and what you might…
Tools Things to Do: August 27 Jul 20171 Sep 2022 Finish up summer with some summer-fun experiments and units, nature walks, good reads, and good food — while gathering up resources for the new year ahead! Feel the heat.Experiment with…
How-To Summer School for Mom: Introduction 7 Jun 201712 Jul 2022 Ah, summer. Time to shift gears. Take a break. Relax. Breathe.... It is also the time when most DIY homeschool moms plan! Our Summer School for Mom series will help…
The Library The Well-Trained Mind {Review} 4 Apr 201718 Oct 2022 Jessie Wise taught three children at home from elementary school through high school; all three completed college degrees and two also completed graduate degrees — including Susan Wise Bauer. Drawing…
The Library For the Children’s Sake ~ Review 21 Mar 201715 Aug 2022 For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay is a book that may change the way you think about education. Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, daughter of Francis and Edith Schaeffer, draws…
The Library A Twaddle-Free Education ~ Review 31 Jan 2017 Back in our early days of homeschooling, when the Internet was still getting off the ground, one of the first sources I found for information on Charlotte Mason was Deborah…
The Library Alpha-Phonics Workbook {Free} 9 Mar 20162 Jul 2022 Homeschool moms sometimes fret over the subject of reading. This is rather humorous if you think about it — you do know how to read, right? There really is nothing…
The Library 102 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum 26 Jan 2015 Back in the day ... way back ... Cathy Duffy had two books on the market that covered all (or nearly all) of the curriculum options available for homeschool families…
How-To 22 Ways to Love, Do & Think Every Day 9 Apr 201430 Jul 2022 What are those important things we want our children to come into contact with every day? Years ago while reading A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola for the first…
The Library Natural Speller: Review & Helps 26 Mar 201429 Aug 2022 Natural Speller by Kathryn Stout is part of a series of books from Design-A-Study that help the DIY homeschoool Mom craft her own custom curriculum, focusing on going at the…
The Library Drawing Made Easy {Free eBook} 23 May 201314 Jul 2022 Drawing Made Easy is another wonderful book by E.G. Lutz. I would classify it as the next step after What to Draw and How to Draw It. Subtitled A Helpful…
The Library Dinah Zike’s Foldables {Free} 12 Apr 201328 Jun 2022 What are foldables? Foldables are multi-dimensional graphic organizers that can be used for skills reinforcement, practice, and/or information organizing. We call them lapbooks. Early in our homeschooling career we purchased…
The Library Self-Teaching Handwriting Course {Free} 8 Apr 201312 Mar 2022 Ever heard of The Palmer Method of handwriting? Many of us around the country in small, slower schools were still being taught the Palmer method of cursive handwriting in the…
The Library Arithmetic for Young Children {Free eBook} 18 Feb 2013 How do we learn most things? By doing them. Then when we have that experience under our belts and have a familiarity with them, we are ready to "talk" about…
The Library How to Write Clearly 24 Jan 201314 Jan 2023 Many of Dr. Beechick's ideas when it comes to writing are are summarized in her book, How to Write Clearly: The Meaning Approach. There seems to be two main concerns…
The Library Drawing for Beginners {Free eBook} 16 Nov 20126 Sep 2022 Drawing for Beginners by Dorothy Furniss is surprisingly robust for a beginner's drawing book. After a few pages devoted to technical hints (principles of drawing with various mediums), the book…
How-To Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Remembering 10 Oct 20121 Nov 2022 The Remembering or Knowledge level (Bloom's Taxonomy) involves bringing to mind the information to be recalled. That's it. Simple. Simple unless you have a difficult time remembering things, or the…
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